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Destination Wedding Insurance

Why destination wedding insurance is important, whether you are getting married in Cyprus or further afield.

You've just booked your wedding abroad and can't wait to have a sunshine-guaranteed celebration with friends and family. But have you thought about taking out some kind of insurance for the wedding?

Wedding Cyprus

You may think you don't need any destination wedding insurance - after all you have travel insurance, so what could possibly go wrong?

While a wedding in Cyprus or any other overseas destination is normally far simpler and stress-free, especially if you use a wedding planner to arrange all the relevant paperwork, weddings abroad can also be prone to more mishaps.

Consider for example:

The bride or groom suffers food poisoning the night before the wedding, a surprisingly common occurrence in hot climates where bacteria can quickly infect food left out even for a few minutes.

The bride has an allergic reaction to flowers chosen for the wedding - I know of one bride who had to cancel her wedding as she was so puffed up she couldn't speak!

One of the wedding party has an accident at a hen or stag party a few days before the big day and is hospitalised, for instance, the groom falls off his quad bike on a pre-wedding stag day out and can't attend the wedding due to his injuries.

While the above may seem dramatic, what would you do if you have to cancel your wedding? You won't be able to claim any compensation on a travel insurance policy, so you may need to look at taking out destination wedding insurance.

Overseas Wedding Insurance

Specialist overseas wedding insurance will give you peace of mind and cover accidents plus unforseen events like your chosen venue going out of business a few weeks before the wedding.

It's worth checking whether the suppliers you will be using (either booked yourself or through your wedding planner) have their own insurance, so you don't end up paying for something you don't need as it's already covered. And read the small print of any policy carefully, so you are fully aware what exact destination wedding insurance cover you will get.

Then you can enjoy your wedding abroad in Cyprus without a care in the world.